Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Macron's Speech Weakens The West's Unity Against Putin | Quick Take | GZERO Media" video.

  1. Ian, first of all you have to realize you have become a best-selling author and a respected political scientist and military strategist among many other things; you need to have more than clutter as your background i.e., an open closet of clothes and stuff behind you when you give these very informative analyses of world events. Secondly, I live next to France and it is my second language and I think you have to read between the lines in what President Macron is saying. We musn't forget that the west is not happy that he is still talking regularly to President Putin. He's got to play both sides of the argument if Putin is going to give him phone-time. Idem with Olaf Sholz. If you look at what they are doing they are mimicking Lavrovian diplomacy. What do I mean by that? They're saying one thing and doing another. Now; more than ever, we can see why Trump found a friend in President Putin: they are both serial liars. They even lie about lies they say they never said! What I think has to be done---and Ian, if you agree, you might pass it on----but I think we should be analyzing the war in 24-hour increments i.e., bite-sized chunks of time everyone can live with understand a little. Why do I say this? Because we know the Ukrainian economy has been hit broad-side and they need a lot of dough to get through the month. If you do the math, 8 months down the road at 7 billion USD a month will make any Senator or Congressperson start filabustering for a way to stop sending support. Putin has time as his ace in the hole. No; better idea: Let's go at solving this conundrum one day at a time. Each side is losing more soldiers than anyone wants to admit every single day. A sovereign nation is hanging on by its fingertips. President Putin has threatened to tighten the screws if the west gives Ukraine better weapons. We are on the brink of world-changing event horizon that I believe will have us end this year with our civlization at a point no one could have ever predicted. We must stay calm and let Macron do his magic and the Ukrainians win back their territory In being able to talk to the great leader---and Putin is very, very isolated---Macron senses he can wind down the conflict by staying in touch with the person who runs Russia. Remember: no one has ever predicted correctly the outcome of any war in recent memory. The China card is going to be used when the west is looking the other way; North Korea is primed to spark the Taiwan war at a moment's notice.
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